HLPEXCLD (Help Excluded) keyword for display files

Use this help-specification-level keyword to indicate that the online help information associated with this help specification should not be displayed as extended help, but is available as item-specific help.

This keyword has no parameters.

If you do not specify this keyword, extended help consists of the online help information associated with both the file-level HLPPNLGRP keyword (if any) and the HLPPNLGRP keyword on all active help specifications.

This keyword is allowed only on help-specifications that specify a HLPPNLGRP keyword.

At least one instance of each parameter on the HLPPNLGRP keyword should not have the HLPEXCLD keyword specified. If all help specifications specifying a particular help panel group name are excluded, an error message is issued at runtime if the Help key is pressed when the cursor is located in a help area associated with that help panel group name.

Option indicators are valid for this keyword.

Example

The following example shows how to specify the HLPEXCLD keyword.

|...+....1....+....2....+....3....+....4....+....5....+....6....+....7....+....8
     A          R RECORD1
     A
     A          H                           HLPARA(1   12   8   14)
     A                                      HLPPNLGRP(R1  PNLA)
     A          H                           HLPARA(1   18   8   19)
     A                                      HLPPNLGRP(R2  PNLA)
     A          H                           HLPARA(1   35   8   37)
     A                                      HLPPNLGRP(R1  PNLA)
     A                                      HLPEXCLD
     A          H                           HLPARA(1   49   8   50)
     A                                      HLPPNLGRP(R2  PNLA)
     A                                      HLPEXCLD
     A

In this example, the HLPEXCLD keywords prevent help modules R1 and R2 from being displayed twice as extended help.